Arab league summit concluded
A two-day Arab league summit was concluded Sunday in the Syrian capital of Damascus, with the participation of 11 Arab states’ leaders and the absence of Lebanon. Syrian president, chairman…
Maa’reef: Israel to remove a number of West Bank checkpoints
The Israeli occupation authorities will begin be removing a roadblock, separating the occupied east Jerusalem from the West Bank city of Jericho, Israeli media sources reported. According to Ma’areef newspaper,…
Masha’al calls upon the Arab leaders to nurture Hamas-Fatah talks
Khalid Masha’al, head of the Hamas’ political bureau, had called on Friday the Arab leaders and their representatives for the Arab summit that will convene on Saturday in Syria to…
Hamas spokesman: an agreement with Egyptians to relieve Gaza residents
Spokesman of the ruling Hamas party in Gaza, Ayman Taha, was quoted by media sources today as saying that his party’s talks with Egyptian officials were fruitful. Taha was speaking…
Affected by the Israeli closure, bakeries in Gaza stop working
Tens of bakeries in the Gaza Strip have been reportedly stopped working today morning, demanding an increase of bread prices. Media sources said that the move came in protest against…
Israeli media sources: Mubarak of Egypt concerned over borders with Gaza
Israeli media sources reported that the Egyptian president Husni Mubarak has voiced concern over what he believes ‘growing Iranian influence’ in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, which borders Egypt. The Israeli…
Israeli sources: Israeli soldiers injured during military training
Israeli media sources reported that an Israeli army officer was lightly injured on Tuesday during a military training exercise in an army base located in southern Israel The Israeli online…
Israeli soldier arrested for ‘handing intel to Hezbollah’
Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported on Monday that the Israeli police and northern district command, arrested an Israeli soldier last month after suspecting that he handed intelligence information to the…
Arab MK demands a probe into statements of incitement by Rabbi
Arab member of Knesset, Talab Al Sane', head of the United Arab Bloc at the Israeli Knesset, demanded on Monday that the Israeli government's legal counselor, Mini Mazouz, initiate a…
Palestinian Water Experts: Palestinian Territories Approach a Hot Summer of Waste Water Leakages
Palestinian water experts warned on Monday that the Palestinian territories are approaching a hot summer with high risks of water-shortages due to Israeli obstacles and natural dryness. Experts also warned…
Two Palestinian patients die due to Israeli blockade of Gaza
Two Palestinian patients reportedly died in Gaza on Sunday after they had been delayed access outside of the coastal region, due to ongoing Israeli closure of the enclave. Medics confirmed…
Al-Khudari of the committee for breaking the siege appeals to the Arab summit
Lawmaker Jamal Al-Khudary, chairman of the Gaza popular committee for breaking the Israeli siege, appealed to the upcoming Arab states summit in Damascus to focus on possible ways of lifting…
Egypt releases 34 Palestinians imprisoned in Sinai since January
The Egyptian authorities released Sunday 34 Palestinian prisoners of Gaza, they detained in January, after hundreds of thousands of Palestinians flocked to the nearby Egyptian town of aL-Arish, in the…
Israel denies Italian sports delegation access to Gaza
Palestinian media reports on Sunday stated that the Israeli military, manning the Eretz checkpoint to the north of Gaza, have denied access to an Italian sports delegation since early Sunday…
The Crusader State
Events in the last few years suggest a qualitative change in the Palestinian cause at the regional level. No analyst or observer could fail to miss the resemblance between the…
The Central Council of Jews in Germany seeks to sue Google
The Central Council of Jews in Germany intends to file a law suit against Google based on claims of "citing racist anti-Jewish ideas." This action was a result of a…
Member of al-Qassam Brigades killed and another wounded in an explosion in Gaza
At least one resistance fighter from the al-Qassam brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, has been killed and another wounded, apparently in an explosion at a training center in southern…
An Israeli-Egyptian agreement on Egyptian power supply to Gaza
Israeli media sources reported Thursday that Egypt and Israel have recently agreed to Egypt, providing the Gaza Strip with power supply. According to the Israeli online daily ‘Haaretz’, both parties…
Washington funds the government of prime minister Fayyad
Washington presented on Wednesday a sum of $150 millions to the Palestinian Authority, as a part of U.S’s financial commitment towards sustainability of the PA, following the last December’s Paris…
Gaza’s factories laid to rest, a symbolic protest against the Israeli blockade
The local popular committee for breaking the Israeli siege on Gaza staged yesterday a symbolic funeral procession in Gaza city for some thousand local industries, in protest of the ongoing…
Israeli military declares total closure of the occupied Palestinian territories
On Tuesday, the Israeli military establishment declared a total closure of the occupied Palestinian territories, starting from this morning until Sunday. Israeli media sources reported that in the wake of…
Israeli settler wounded in Jerusalem old city
An Israeli settler was stabbed on Tuesday morning near Damascus gate in Jerusalem’s old city, eyewitnesses said. Witnesses added that the man, reported to be a rabbi, was walking near…
Both Haniya of Hamas and Fatah’s Abbas enjoy popular support
Both Palestinian Prime Minister of Hamas, Ismail Haniya and President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah, enjoy equal popular support among the Palestinian masses in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, a…
Emir of Qatar to press for the Gaza siege in the upcoming Arab summit
Emir of Qattar, Hammad Ben Jasem Al-Tani, pledged to the Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniya, whose government has been deposed by President Abbas in June of last year, that he…
US Consulate and PA Ministry of culture open Art Exhibit in Ramallah
The US Consulate General in Jerusalem, and the Palestinian Ministry of Culture in Ramallah opened a week-long art exhibit at the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center in the West Bank city…
Petrol stations in Gaza appeal for ending the fuel crisis
ON Wednesday the society of petrol stations, in the Gaza Strip appealed for an end to the ongoing fuel crisis in the coastal enclave as Israel continues to block adequate…
UN Report: With no waste treatment available, Gaza pumping sewage into sea
The United Nations information service, IRIN, has released a report detailing the environmental devastation faced by the population of Gaza due to the ongoing Israeli siege of the Gaza Strip.The…
Not only humans protest against Gaza siege, but also animals do!
Hundreds of animals , including horses, donkeys, camels and live stocks marched Tuesday in the streets of Gaza city, with signs against the Israeli siege of the coastal enclave, hanged…
Jordanian police arrest five they suspect of being Hamas spies
The BBC reported on Wednesday that the Jordanian police arrested five men, believed to be spies for the Palestinian Hamas movement. According to BBC arabic.com, the five were taking photos…
For some, jobs but no salaries
‘The powdered milk, provided by [the UN agency for Palestine refugees] UNRWA every three months, is not enough. The lack of my salary for the past two months has affected…
Mayor of the Israeli town of Sderot wants a truce with Hamas
Mayor of the border Israeli town of Sderot, Eli Moyal, expressed willingness to talk with Hamas over halt of Gaza-based homemade shells fire, offering a 10-year-long pause of hostilities. Moyal…
Israeli Court frees 8 Jewish youth who plan to attack Arabs and burn their homes in Tel Aviv
An Israeli Court in Tel Aviv released on Wednesday eight Jewish youth who planned to attack Arab residents in Tel Aviv area, and burn their homes. The release was unconditional…
Bodies of Dimona attack’s bombers, extradited to the Palestinian side
Bodies of two Palestinian fighters who carried out a bombing attack in Israel last month, were reportedly extradited to the Palestinian side on Wednesday. Mohammad aL-Herbawi and Shadi al-Zaghir, of…
Egyptian security chief discusses Rafah crossing with his Israeli counterpart
Egyptian intelligence chief, Omar Suleiman, discussed with his Israeli counterpart, Amos Gil’ad, in Cairo earlier this week the reopening of Rafah crossing terminal in southern Gaza, according to the London-based…
The Islamic Jihad slams human rights groups over reports on aL-Buraij blast
The Islamic Jihad group in Gaza slammed Tuesday two Gaza-based human rights groups over reports on the latest bombing of a residential building in the central Gaza Strip refugee camp…
UN’s Holmes condemns Gaza-based homemade shells fire
United Nations Undersecretary General for humanitarian affairs, Jhon Holmes, condemned on Sunday the homemade shells, being fired from Gaza onto nearby Israeli towns.Holmes' denunciation came during a visit to the…
A Hamas advisor recalls Israeli attempts on the life of Hamas’ Mashaal
Former advisor to Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya of Hamas, Ahmad Yousef, told the Al-Sharq aL-Awsat London-based Arabic newspaper that Hamas's supreme exiled leader, Khaled Mash'aal has survived a series…
Due to fear of attack Israel places its troops under a state of high alert
The Israeli army announced on Thursday that they have decided to increase their state of alert on the Israeli-Lebanese borders. Army officials told media that the new state of alert…
Prominent Hezbollah leader assassinated in Lebanon, Israel denies involvement
Sources at the Lebanon-based Hezbollah party stated on Wednesday that Imad Mughaniya, deputy leader of the party was killed on Tuesday night in a car bomb blast that took place…
Delegates of the International Mission of United Methodist Churches visit Bethlehem
Delegates of the International Mission of United Methodist Churches visited the West Bank city of Bethlehem and met with Palestinian families in villages and refugee camps around the city. The…
Farmers of flowers in Gaza to devastate fields in protest of Israeli siege
Farmers of flower in the northern Gaza Strip city of Beit Lahiya, decided Monday to devastate about 500.0000 square meters, planted with flowers, in protest against inability to export their…
Gaza’s Committee to break the blockade hails worldwide solidarity campaigns
On behalf of the Gaza’s committee to break the Israeli blockade, Mr. Janmal aL-Khudari, an independent lawmaker and the committee’s chairman, hailed on Sunday underway worldwide solidarity campaigns with the…
Popular Committee for Defending Public Freedom prepares for its regional conference
As the Israeli state intensified its prosecution against Arab leaders in the country, the Popular Committee For Defending Public Freedom, part of the Higher Follow-Up Committee, intensified its preparations for…
Israel’s defense minister wants a fence-off wall on Egypt-Israel border line
Israeli defense minister, Ehud Barak, urged a cabinet meeting Sunday that a fence-off wall should be constructed along the Egypt-Israel border lines, mainly at the Nitsana and Elat areas.Barak told…
Egypt seals off its borders with Gaza, preventing influx of Gazans into its territories
The Egyptian border guards began Sunday sealing off the Gaza-Egypt border line that has seen influx of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians since January23, after Palestinian fighters knocked down the…
Israel to maintain a state of alert on Egypt-Israel border lines
Israeli military decided Saturday to maintain a high security alert on Egypt-Gaza border line, in light of continued security warnings, Israeli media sources reported.According to the Israeli army officer, in…
Two Africans killed by Egyptian Border Police as they tried to cross into Israel
Israeli online daily, Egyptian security sources reported on Wednesday that the Egyptian border police shot and killed two Africans from the Ivory Coast, after they tried to infiltrate into Israel.…
Islamic Relief Society in the Negev continues collecting support to the Gaza Strip
Last week, the Muslim Relief Society in the Negev, which provides relief services for orphans, installed tents and started collecting support which will be transferred to the improvised and besieged…
Egyptian foreign minister: Cairo wants regular operation of Rafah crossing terminal
Egyptian foreign minister, Ahmad Abu Elgheit confirmed yesterday Cairo will take the necessary measures to rein in movement of Palestinians at its borders with Gaza, after floods of Gazans flew…
Gaza scrambles for supplies as border forced open
Three kids, their mother and their aunt hurried towards the Salah al-Din gate in southern Gaza on Wednesday. The mother, in her early thirties, explained in a rush, ‘We are…
Palestinians rally in West Bank cities to mourn PLFP leader George Habash
Hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets of several West Bank cities on Sunday to mourn the founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PLFP), George Habash,…
PFLP founder, George Habash, dies in Jordan at the age of 82
George Habash, the founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) died on Saturday evening at a Jordanian Hospital one week after he was admitted to the…
DFLP Central Committee Mourns Habash
The Central Committee of the leftist Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) issued a statement mourning its leader, founder of the Front and founder of the Arab nationalist…
Despite entry of fuel shipments to Gaza, the crisis persists
Israel allowed Tuesday entry of some fuel shipments to the Gaza Strip on the heels of local and international protests to latest Israeli closure of Gaza, media sources reported. Society…
Media office in Gaza: Israeli army evacuates a military base in Khan Younis
A media office in Khan Younis stated on Friday that the Israeli evacuation of one of its military bases took place in Khaza’a town, east of Khan Younis. According to…
Jordan grants treatment to 28 Gaza patients as Israeli closure continues
The standoff of stranded Gaza patients, who are in need of emergency treatment abroad, has reportedly been partially resolved today, as about 28 urgent cases will be moving to Jordan…
Gaza’s fate left to the whim of an Israeli court
It’s almost midnight. I rushed to my laptop when I saw the glow of the lamp after almost 12 hours darkness following one of the electricity cuts that hundreds of…
Israeli sources: seven Israeli soldiers injured, one seriously, at an Israeli naval base
Israeli media sources reported that an artillery shell exploded onboard an Israel Navy missile ship at the Haifa naval base on Wednesday morning injuring seven soldiers, one critically. Israeli Navy…
Report: Pollution crossing borders between Palestine and Israel
A working paper by the Arava Institute, and other Israeli and Palestinian organizations, shows a widespread pollution problem that crosses the borders that people are not allowed to cross."Most transboundary…
A Living Martyr
‘He insisted that we all take a photo; it was the first in the last 12 years since we got married, as if he was feeling his death was approaching,’…
Gaza businessmen concerned over continued Gaza closure
A number of businessmen in the Gaza Strip wondered as to how U.S President Gorge W. Bush, promises the Palestinians with a Palestinian state, with all Gaza’s travel and commercial…
A new Israeli documentary reveals the facts of occupation
‘Would I smile?’ the name of a new Israeli documentary film which was recently released featuring six Israeli female soldiers who aim at shaking the Israeli society by exposing them…
Former Dutch UN observer says Israel provoked Six-Day War
A former Dutch UN observer has said Israel was not under siege by Arab countries preceding the Six-Day War, the 40th anniversary of which falls on Tuesday, and that the…
Israelis favor military operations in Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said that there is no option to prevent and cease Qassam fire on Sderot immediately but Israeli Jews think differently.A significant minority of 42 percent…
Fighthing Spreads to Ein al Hilweh Refugee Camp in Lebanon
Recent infighting in Lebanon has spread to the Ein al Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp. Reports say that two Lebanese soldiers were killed as they fought Jund al Sham militants in…
Female anchors protest death threats in Gaza
Female journalists, threatened with death by a radical Islamic group if they do not adhere to more conservative attire, demonstrated on Sunday in front of the Palestinian parliament building in…
Israeli air force plane crashes in the sea
An Israeli training fighter crashed on Thursday lunchtime during a training exercise near the Israeli costal city of Ashkelon. According to Israeli sources the pilot ejected from the plane after…
British Academics did the right thing
Incensed by the brutal ugliness of Israel’s apartheid policies against Palestinians, members of Britain’s University and College Union (UCU) have voted to boycott Israeli academic institutions.The vote, passed Wednesday, 30…
Three Palestinians killed in a mysterious explosion in central Gaza
Three Palestinians have been killed and two others injured in an explosion that rocked a house in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses said that a large…
Israeli employer fire three Palestinians because the hold prayer at work
Three Arab employees working at an Israeli factory in Acre, manufacturing parts for camions were fired last Monday for holding prayers at the factory. Acre also known as Akka, is…
B’Tselem sends an urgent letter to Peretz to bar the army from shelling civilian areas
The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, B’Tselem, sent an urgent letter to the Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, demanding him to bar the army from…
Fashion under Adversity
Sitting among the audience awaiting the event to take place, I could not but have a smile on my face as I recalled the wording on the invitation. “Haute Couture”…
MUSAWA demands excluding the legal system from the general strike
The Palestinian Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession (MUSAWA) demanded that the legal system and the prosecution should to be excluded from the general strike…
Israeli Army deletes 80% of Palestinian village buildings
Sami Sadeq, head of village council of Aqba near Tubas in the northern West Bank, said the Israeli authorities intend to remove 80% of the village of the map.Sami Sadeq,…
TV Station Withdraws Political Children’s Program at Request of Ministry of Information
A politically-oriented children’s television program was withdrawn by the Al Aqsa TV station on Wednesday following a request by the Ministry of Information. The program has now been placed under…
Medical Relief starts a project to rehabilitate schools and kindergartens
The Palestinian Medical Relief Committees – school Health Program, concluded the first phase of a project to improve the conditions in eights kindergartens and schools in several Palestinian areas. The…
Thousands participate in a pro-Palestinian Rally in Holland
Thousands of protesters gathered on Saturday in Rotterdam on The Liberation Day of the Netherlands and conducted a pro-Palestinian rally against the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian lands, and compared…
General Workers Union in Palestine receives representatives of European Unions
The Palestinian Workers Unions received on Thursday delegates representing several European Workers Unions, and conducted special celebrations and activities on the event of May 1, the International Workers Day as…
Palestinian Journalists Union issues statement on World Press Freedom Day
The Palestinian Journalists Union issued a statement on the event of May 3, the World Press Freedom Day, and called on the free world and the international community to ensure…
On Labor Day; Workers Unity Bloc appeals ending the siege
May 1 marks Labor Day, but the Palestinian territories remain under a strict siege and the Palestinian workers remain unemployed facing poverty and hardships. The Palestinian Labor Unity Bloc demanded…
PLO’s report: Palestinians on the verge of a humanitarian disaster
Department of Arab and International Relations (DIAR), which is affiliated with the Palestine Liberation organization (PLO), reported Sunday that the Palestinian people are ‘on the verge of a humanitarian disaster’.…
Barghouthi: “Only the Ministers Council is authorized to set date for local elections”
Palestinian Minister of Local Government, Mohammad Al Barghouthi, stated on Saturday that his latest meeting with Hanna Nasser, head of the Central Elections Committee, is a primary meeting to set…
UN report: Rafah Crossing terminal was closed 50% during April
A United Nations report said Thursday that Israel kept the Rafah crossing terminal closed half of the scheduled opening days between 4 and April17. The Office of Coordination of Humanitarian…
One Palestinian refugee killed in Iraq
Palestinian sources in the Iraqi capital Baghdad reported that a Palestinian refugee was killed on Wednesday by an explosion in down town area. Mohamed Shuhada, was on his way to…
A miniature train surprises residents of downtown Nablus
Shop owners and bystanders stood in awe in downtown Nablus as they heard and saw a miniature train full of children touring the area of the northern West Bank city.…
Public Sector employees to go on strike demanding unpaid salaries
Workers in the public sector have decided to strike again on Wednesday. They are protesting what is being referred to as “the lack of government’s commitment to the agreements made…
Mounting garbage and frustration in Gaza
Mountains of garbage, billowing smoke, have been concentrated across the streets of Gaza the past few days. However, the uncollected garbage heaps are not cannot be attributed to a lack…
PA civil servants in Gaza and the West Bank stage a strike
Palestinian Authority (PA) government civil servants throughout the Gaza Strip and West Bank staged Wednesday a general strike in protest against the irregular salary payment over the past 13 months.…
“Numbers Graveyards”, inhumane/immoral Israeli practice, Fatah says
Fatah, a major Palestinian faction, said Monday that Israel has withheld corps of 150 Palestinians in what it termed ‘ numbers graveyards’, calling for pressuring Israel to hand them over…
Large Crowds of Christians in Holy Jerusalem Celebrate Easter
Tens of thousands of Palestinian, Arab and international Christians made their way Sunday to the occupied holy city of Jerusalem to mark the major Christian occasion of Easter festival, which…
Catholic Patriarch of Jerusalem: The Int’l Community must End the Israeli occupation of Palestine
Roman Catholic Patriarch and Archbishop of Jeruslaem Monseigneur Michael Sabbah urged the international community to invest more effort to end the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land, which has been ongoing…
Israeli Authorities detain six Palestinian Officials en route to Qatar
Israeli border authorities detained on Wednesday six Palestinian officials as they were passing through the Allenby Bridge terminal, and prevented them from leaving the country. Israeli border authorities detained on…
Interpol searching for 3 Israelis accused of training Death Squads in Colombia
The international police force, Interpol, issued an arrest warrant for three Israelis who are accused of training Colombian private armies, right-wing death squads and drug cartels, Israeli news reported.…
Palestinian Journalists protest for the release of kidnapped BBC Journalist
Palestinian journalists organized a sit-in protest on Monday midday in the central West Bank city of Ramallah demanding the release of the kidnapped BBC reporter Alan Johnston